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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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incoming folded letter to Newburyport, Massachusetts, originating in Amsterdam dated January 6, 1792, marked "Sh" for ship letter upon arrival in Boston and rated "4.16" [dwt] postage for quadruple-rate plus 16gr ship fee (the letter contained an invoice and two pieces of currency), very fine
straightline postmark on folded letter addressed to Newburyport, Massachusetts, originating in London, endorsed "Sh" as a ship letter and rated "1.16" [dwt] (representing 1dwt postage plus the 16gr ship fee), endorsed "Sloop Stevens" at lower left, light stains, very fine
straightline postmark on folded letter to Berwick, Maine, erroneously rated "1.8" [dwt] as the postage should have been 2dwt for a distance of 101-200 miles, very fine, until a United States post office opened there in 1796, Berwick was operated as a private subscription post office serviced by post riders paid for by its patrons, postage was calculated between Boston and the post office nearest to the destination town (in this case, Portland)
circular datestamp with matching "Paid" handstamp on folded letter to Berwick, Maine, manuscript "10" [c] rate, endorsed at lower left "The postmaster is requested to convey this as soon as rec'd", very fine cover on which the sender requested from-the-mails carrier service
red two-line postmark on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "2" [dwt] due, without the local currency equivalent usually expressed, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $350)
two-line red handstamp on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "2" [dwt] rate, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $350)
two-line red handstamp on folded letter to Boston, manuscript "2" [dwt] rate, very fine strike and cover (ASCC $350)
two-line black handstamp on folded letter to John Langdon in New York City, sent free of charge as Langdon was a member of the Confederation Congress but not marked as such as the franking privilege lodged with the recipient and not the sender, very fine, Langdon was a signer of the Constitution, one of the first two senators from New Hampshire, and the third Governor of New Hampshire
red two-line postmark on folded letter to New York City, addressed to "The Honorable Samuel Holten Esq.", a member of the Eighth Confederation Congress, as such sent free of charge, light file folds, very fine, Holten was a representative from Massachusetts and signed the Articles of Confederation
two-line datestamp on folded letter to Philadelphia, franked "District of N. Hampshire Supervisors Office, Free", vertical file folds, otherwise very fine, under the Ordinance of 1782 mail could be sent free to the heads of the Departments of Finance, War, and Foreign affairs, and as such this letter to an accountant in the Department of War qualified for the franking privilege
dateline on folded letter to Salem, Massachusetts, manuscript "1" [dwt] rate reflecting a distance of up to 60 miles after the rate reduction of April 1788, very fine
dateline on prepaid folded letter to Philadelphia, manuscript "paid 1.8", very fine, because there was no postage to collect from the addressee the Philadelphia post office did not express the postage in local currency